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The Justice Department told the Supreme Court on April 22 that it had reached a settlement with Carter Page on his claims against the federal government in his surveillance case. The court filing itself did not disclose the dollar amount, but reporting on the agreement said the settlement is worth $1.25 million. The filing was submitted while Page’s appeal was pending before the justices. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/docketpdf/25/25-705/405085/20260422155026349_certificate.%2025-705.pdf))

Page, a former adviser in Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, sued over surveillance tied to the FBI’s Russia investigation. He claimed that officials made serious errors in the warrant applications used to monitor him. The case grew out of a broader fight over how the bureau handled Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications during the Russia inquiry. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/0987c7480edfbce72ba5954ca057836f?utm_source=openai))

The settlement covers only Page’s claims against the United States. It does not resolve his separate claims against former FBI officials, which remain pending. That leaves the case only partly closed, even as the government moves to end one branch of the dispute without a Supreme Court ruling on the merits. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/0987c7480edfbce72ba5954ca057836f?utm_source=openai))

Page’s lawsuit followed internal reviews that found major problems in the surveillance paperwork, including significant errors and omissions in the initial application and later renewals. Those findings have kept the Page case alive as a symbol for critics of the Russia investigation and as a reminder that the legal fallout from that period is still being paid out years later. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/0987c7480edfbce72ba5954ca057836f?utm_source=openai))